{"url":"https://etfiq.com/models/compare/tbfc/","section":"models","title":"TBFC vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark | ETFIQ","description":"In the year to Sep 30, 2026, TBFC returned +5.79%, 0.52 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +5.27%.","as_of":"Oct 9, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"TBFC and its matched benchmark","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"TBFC, The Brinsmere Fund - Conservative ETF","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/tbfc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks","url":"https://etfiq.com/benchmarks/strategic-40/"}]},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is TBFC measured against ETFIQ Strategic 40?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"TBFC holds 42.7% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderately conservative band, more than 30% and up to 50% stocks. 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Figures as of Oct 9, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.\n TBFC against the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\n The Brinsmere Fund - Conservative ETF holds 42.7% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the moderately conservative band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.\n +5.79% TBFC, 1 year \n +5.27%* Strategic 40, 1 year \n +0.52 Difference, points \n 0.44% Expense ratio \n\n In the year to Sep 30, 2026, TBFC returned +5.79%, 0.52 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +5.27%.\n ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: today\u2019s rule and funds applied to earlier prices, which is look-ahead. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked, and a window that starts before it is hypothetical as a whole.\n Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks\n ALTY AOA AOK AOM AOR AVMA CGBL DPRE FREI FTBI GAA GMOD GYLD HEFT INCM INKM IRTR ITDB ITDC ITDD ITDE IYLD JFLI MDIV MFUL NDOW OCIO PVEX RAA RISN RJVI RSMV TBFC TBFG TRND TRTY XFLX XRLX YLDW TBFC and Strategic 40 by window\n TBFC\u2019s own market-price total return beside Strategic 40 over the same closes; YTD and 1 year as total returns, the longer windows a year over whole months. The difference is the two printed figures subtracted, in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark\u2019s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .\n Total return of TBFC and ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks by window, to Oct 9, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo. Window From To TBFC Strategic 40 Difference, points Side \n Year to date Dec 31, 2025 Oct 9, 2026 +4.31% +4.17%* +0.14 TBFC ahead \n 1 year Sep 30, 2025 Sep 30, 2026 +5.79% +5.27%* +0.52 TBFC ahead \n 3 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 5 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 10 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n Since Jan 16, 2024, a year Jan 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2026 +8.32% +8.90%* \u22120.58 TBFC behind \n\n Fees\n Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.\n The expense ratio of TBFC and the weighted fund fee of ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks. Portfolio Fee A year On $10,000 As of \n TBFC Expense ratio, from its prospectus 0.44% $44 Jun 18, 2026 \n Strategic 40 Weighted fund fee, inside its returns 0.04% $4 Oct 9, 2026 \n\n Questions people ask\n Why is TBFC measured against ETFIQ Strategic 40? TBFC holds 42.7% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderately conservative band, more than 30% and up to 50% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 40 is the benchmark for that band. What does ETFIQ Strategic 40 hold? 40% VT and 60% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company. Why are the benchmark\u2019s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today\u2019s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund\u2019s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Total returns are market price with distributions reinvested, net of each fund\u2019s own fees, with nothing else deducted. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Data sourced by Tiingo .\n Where these figures came from\n Data sourced by Tiingo U.S. Treasury daily bill rates, for the Sharpe ratio TBFC\u2019s page, with its prospectus and fee TBFC\u2019s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio Where to next\n TBFC fund page The Strategic 40 benchmark Every benchmark at 40% stocks Every model, side by side How the benchmarks are built ETFIQ is an independent publisher of exchange-traded fund data. It is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, takes no payment from issuers, and makes no recommendations.\n \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, TBFC vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/tbfc/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, TBFC vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/tbfc/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). TBFC vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/models/compare/tbfc/ Markdown [TBFC vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark (ETFIQ, Oct 9, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/models/compare/tbfc/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). 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